Free: All time The Monastiraki Flea Market is located in downtown Athens. While it’s open daily, Sundays are the best days to go. Wander through a maze a street vendors selling a jumble of curios: old books, paintings, second-hand clothes, souvenir trinkets, leather crafts and many more. There are many tavernas serving local food as...
Free: All time The DePaul University Art Museum is a 15,000 square-foot building on the university’s Lincoln Park campus. The museum offers a wide variety of special exhibitions in all media throughout the year including paintings, sculpture, printmaking and installation. Admission is free at all time. Address: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 Opening...
Free: All time The City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower is located inside the old Chicago Water Tower. The tower gained its fame when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It is also the second-oldest water tower in the United States. Today, the City Gallery serves as a venue showcasing the Chicago-themed...
Free: All time Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1976, the museum collaborates with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally, nationally, and internationally. As the leading photography museum in the Midwest, presenting projects and exhibitions and acquiring works that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the museum offers students, educators, research specialists,...
Free: All time The National Museum of Mexican Art features prominent works by Mexican, Latino and Chicano artists and artifacts from Mexican history. The permanent exhibit “Mexicanidad: Our Past is Present” explores the history of Mexico in five stages: Pre-Cuahtemoc Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Mexico from Independence to revolution, Post-Mexican Revolution to Present-day Mexico and The...
Free: All time To get the best view of Chicago, the Sears Tower may be first to come to mind. But! Instead of paying $20 to go up the tower, you should hit up the Signature Lounge on the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center building. There’s no entrance fee and the dress code...
Free: All time Tucked in a short stone building in Soho, the Artists Space is easily missed. The gallery space, basically housed in a single floor on the third floor of the loft, is divided up by interior walls on which the artwork are hung. Although it may feel rather sparse, the Artists Space makes...
Free: All time. Besides the constantly changing FIT student and faculty exhibitions, the museum also has a permanent collection encompassing some 50,000 garments and accessories from the 18th century to present. Famous designers featured includes Adrian, Balenciaga, Chanel and Dior. Address: 7th Ave at 27th St. New York, NY 10001 Opening hours: Tues-Fri 12pm- 8pm,...
Free: All time New York City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) wants bike riders to wear helmets. They go as far as fitting and giving away the official NYC bicycle helmet as events throughout the city. Call 311 to schedule a fitting or check out their updated calendar for upcoming helmet fitting sessions. In order to...
Free: All time Plan your visit to Central Park armed by the free Central Park app on your smartphone. Enjoy a complete guide to the Park: find out what events are happening, browse over 200 things to see, use the GPS-enabled map for navigation, and follow the celebrity tours of popular location. Address: Central Park,...
Free: All time When you arrive at the Park Pobedy by metro, pay attention to the station itself. At 84 metres underground, it is the deepest station in Moscow. It also contains the longest escalators in Europe – it takes three minutes to ride it to the surface! On the surface, you’ll find Park Pobedy...
Free: All time The island used to smell of chocolate because it was the site of the Red October Chocolate Factory. Today, the iconic 19th-century red building is home to the hip and artsy. The bohemian island is now permeated with contemporary galleries, trendy restaurants and bars, designer boutiques and happening clubs. It is Moscow’s...
